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===Background===
'''Walt Disney Classics''' was a brand name of [[Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment|Walt Disney Home Video]], created in 1984 to release
Although the Walt Disney Classics series was discontinued in North America in 1994,
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|Walt Disney Classics 1984.png|1st Logo (The Classics) (December 6, 1984-
|Walt_Disney_Classics_1992.png|2nd Logo (October 4, 1988-September 21, 1994)
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==Domestic==
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▲===1st Logo (The Classics) (December 6, 1984-October 6, 1987)===
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File:Walt Disney Classics 1984.png
File:OsClassicos.jpg|Brazilian Portuguese version
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'''Visuals:''' On a
'''Variants:'''
*On <u>some tapes</u>, the logo stays onscreen for an extra ten seconds before finally fading out. This was most commonly seen around 1986, including ''Pinocchio'', ''Dumbo'' and ''Alice in Wonderland'', as well as later prints of the black clamshell release of ''The Sword in the Stone''. It also appeared on the 1987 LaserDisc releases of ''Sleeping Beauty'' and ''Pinocchio'' (paired up with the 1986 cut-short "presents" variant of the Walt Disney Home Video logo).
*<u>Various Brazilian Portuguese tapes</u> have a still variant with the "THE CLASSICS" text replaced by "OS CLÁSSICOS". This was also used at the beginning of a VHS promo for ''Bambi''.
* On a <u>
**<u>Another scene from the aforementioned tape</u> has the last few seconds of the logo where the diamond zooms in, but the background is black instead of blue. The glowing blue outline of the diamond from the background fades in after the logo is fully formed. This appears to be a prototype version of the logo.
*On the <u>1985 demo VHS of ''Pinocchio''</u>, the text "PROPERTY OF W.D.T.N.T." (which stands for "Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company", the division that Walt Disney Home Video originally ran under until 1987) is seen near the bottom of the screen, as with the rest of the tape.
'''Technique:''' A mix of computer-generated graphics
'''Audio:''' A bouncy, medieval-style synth-horn fanfare with a held-out synth-flute at the end, produced on a Yamaha DX7.
'''Audio Variants:'''
*At the beginning of the <u>aforementioned ''Robin Hood'' promo sales tape</u>, the music is in a slightly higher pitch. A "whoosh" sound effect is heard, growing louder as the door zooms in, accompanied by the sound of metal locks moving. When the logo reappears midway through the same sales tape, "National Trust" by Keith Mansfield (notable for its usage on the [[CBS/Fox Video]] logo) is heard in the background.
*On a <u>
'''Availability:''' Seen on 1984-1987 VHS and LaserDisc prints of Disney animated features, including the original video releases of ''Pinocchio'' and ''Robin Hood''.
*Tapes that have this logo are usually in clamshell packaging (originally in big, black, heavy clamshells with the artwork printed directly onto the case, but switching over to the more familiar lightweight, white clamshells in 1986), with the cover featuring a black flap on the lower right corner reading "The Original Animated Classic!".
*The last video to officially use this logo was the 1987 VHS of the ''Lady and the Tramp''.
*This logo has also been spotted on some post-1987 prints, including a 1993 reprint of ''The Sword in the Stone'', and the 1988 demo VHS of ''Cinderella''.
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===2nd Logo (October 4, 1988-September 21, 1994)===
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File:Walt Disney Classics 1988 B.png|1988 prototype version
File:Walt Disney Classics 1988 A.png|1988 off-center prototype version
File:Walt Disney Classics 1989.png|1989 version
File:Walt Disney Classics 1992.png|1992 version with brighter colors
File:DisneyClassicsJapanese88.jpg|1988 Japanese variant
File:Walt Disney Classics (1995, Japan).jpeg|Rare 1995 Japanese variant
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'''Visuals:''' The logo starts off with the
'''Alternate Descriptive Video Transcription:''' Now in animation, a figure appears. Mickey Mouse, wearing his red sorcerer's robe and tall blue pointed hat, stands with his left arm extended. A star shoots up from his palm, writing a signature and the logo "Walt Disney Classics".
'''Variants:'''
*
*On the 1989 variant
*On the <u>1991 VHS releases of ''Robin Hood'' and ''The Brave Little Toaster''</u>, the Mickey scene is cut, and the logo starts off with the spark writing the words. On <u>both tapes</u>, this version is shown before a preview for ''The Jungle Book'', and is accompanied by Brian Cummings saying, "Look for these animated Disney classics on videocassette." On the <u>''Robin Hood'' VHS</u>, the same variant appears again before the film begins, but without the voiceover.
*On the <u>1991 VHS release of ''The Rescuers Down Under''</u>,
*On <u>1992 VHS releases</u>
*On a <u>trailer for ''The Great Mouse Detective'' seen on the 1992 VHS releases of ''So Dear to My Heart'' and ''The Rescuers''</u>, a shortened version of the 1992 variant
*The tail end of the 1989 variant (with the logo "shining") also makes
*Similarly, the tail end of the 1992 variant (with the logo "shining") also makes
* A series of Japanese
'''Technique:''' 2D
'''Audio:''' A majestic, gradually rising
'''Audio Variants:'''
*When the logo first debuted on the <u>1988 U.S. VHS release of ''Cinderella''</u>, the music is in monoaural. Later on starting with the 1989 U.S. VHS release of ''Bambi'', the music is in stereo.
*On the <u>1992 U.S. VHS release of ''101 Dalmatians''</u>, the music fades out along with the logo; on the <u>1992 U.S. VHS release of ''The Great Mouse Detective''</u>, the music lasts a second after the logo fades to black.
*Starting with the <u>1992 U.S. VHS release of ''The Rescuers''</u>, the music became distorted and heavier on bass due to deterioration of the master recording. Crackling sounds can also be heard in the background at the beginning of the logo, rumbling sounds can be heard underneath as the spark writes the words "WALT DiSNEY", kettledrums can be heard in the background as the words "WALT DiSNEY" and "CLASSICS" settle on the diamond, and a synth-bass pad note can be heard underneath as the comet flies around the diamond. This variant would later be heard under the Walt Disney Company
'''Availability:''' Seen on 1988-1994 Disney video releases of their feature films with the text "A Walt Disney CLASSIC" or "Walt Disney's CLASSIC" on top and the diamond print logo on the clamshell spine.
*The first
*
*While the logo was rarely used internationally, it made a few
*The last release overall to use the logo was the 1994 U.S. LaserDisc release of ''Aladdin'' (which was produced in 1993, but held over to September 1994 for piracy reasons), which
*This
*
*The Classics LaserDisc releases of ''Pinocchio'', ''The Jungle Book'', ''The Great Mouse Detective'' and ''Beauty and the Beast'' also don't use this logo, instead using the aforementioned WDHV logo.
*The 1988 version
'''Legacy:''' A nostalgic logo to those that grew up with it, and iconic among VHS collectors.
==British==
===1st Logo (1991-1996)===
[[File:Walt Disney Classics 1991-1996 UK.jpeg|center|350px]]
'''Visuals:''' On a shady
'''Technique:''' 2D animation.
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'''Audio:''' Opening of the promo following it.
'''Availability:'''
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[[File:Walt Disney Classics 2000 UK.jpeg|center|350px]]
'''Visuals:''' Same as the 1991 Walt Disney Home Video logo, except this time
'''Technique:''' 2D animation.
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'''Audio:''' See above.
'''Availability:'''
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Walt Disney Classics was a brand name of Walt Disney Home Video, created in 1984 to release films of the Disney Animated Canon on VHS and LaserDisc. The first release from the line was Robin Hood (1973), and more soon followed, including Pinocchio (1940), Dumbo (1941), The Sword in the Stone (1963), Alice in Wonderland (1951) and others, to great success. In 1990, following the box office success of The Little Mermaid (1989), the Classics line released said film on video and began releasing a mix of both older and more recent animated films. In 1994, after the video release of The Fox and the Hound (1981), the Classics series was discontinued and replaced with the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection. Tapes released in the Classics series are often referred to as "Black Diamond Classics" by VHS collectors, in reference to the black diamond logo on the spine of each release.
Although the Walt Disney Classics series was discontinued in North America in 1994, its international counterparts (which include select live-action/animated hybrid films as well) remain active in their respective countries to this day. The line currently exists in the UK and Europe as Disney Classics; however, the number of films included in the lineup is different, mainly due to it including The Wild (2006) despite it not being produced by WDAS, and leaving Dinosaur (2000) and Winnie the Pooh (2011) out of the lineup. In France, the lineup features films produced by Pixar, Walt Disney Television Animation and DisneyToon Studios, in addition to the Disney Animated Canon. In Germany, the Classics line features all films in the Disney Canon, while in Spain, Piglet's Big Movie (2003) is included in the Classics line in that region.
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Visuals: On a blue background, the red text "WALT DiSNEY HOME VIDEO" (with "WALT DiSNEY" in its corporate font and "HOME VIDEO" in Helvetica Rounded) swirls in from the upper-left corner of the screen, rotating clockwise as it does so, then flips and begins cycling to the lower-left corner. A few seconds after, the white text "THE CLASSICS" (in a neon-style Binner D font) also comes in from the upper-left side of the screen and begin slowly spinning, nearly following the same path as the WDHV text does. As this happens, the background begins to slowly "morph" into a large, blurry diamond shape on a black background. A large Prussian blue diamond then fades in and zooms in from the center of the screen at a slightly fast pace, before stopping at a huge size. As the diamond zooms up, "THE CLASSICS" flips over to the top of the diamond and settles there, while "WALT DiSNEY HOME VIDEO" lands on the bottom of the diamond. A white, neon-style diamond outline zooms out and plasters itself onto the edges of the diamond. The finished logo resembles a neon sign.
Variants:
Technique: A mix of computer-generated graphics and chroma-key. "THE CLASSICS" and the outline around the diamond are photographed and chroma-keyed from real neon signs.
Audio: A bouncy, medieval-style synth-horn fanfare with a held-out synth-flute at the end, produced on a Yamaha DX7.
Audio Variants:
Availability: Seen on 1984-1987 VHS and LaserDisc prints of Disney animated features, including the original video releases of Pinocchio and Robin Hood.
Visuals: The logo starts off with the Sorcerer Mickey and spark animation in the same manner as the 1986 Walt Disney Home Video logo, but the "Walt Disney" text is in metallic white, and the metallic white word "CLASSICS" (in the Binner D font, with the two letters at both ends in a bigger size) begins zooming out from the bottom of the screen as the "Walt Disney" text writes itself. As this happens, the background begins to change to dark blue, and a black diamond with metallic edges fades in from a far point and begins to slowly zoom in before both texts settle on top of it. The edges begin to glow white as the shadow of the text appears on the diamond. Then a comet swishes into view from the bottom left of the screen, circles behind the diamond, flies out from the top right, and passes in front of the diamond before flying offscreen, leaving a trail of pixie dust that changes the text to gold, and adds a purple tint (flamingo pink in the 1989 variant) to the diamond's edges. The logo "shines".
Alternate Descriptive Video Transcription: Now in animation, a figure appears. Mickey Mouse, wearing his red sorcerer's robe and tall blue pointed hat, stands with his left arm extended. A star shoots up from his palm, writing a signature and the logo "Walt Disney Classics".
Variants:
Technique: 2D/motion-controlled animation by Hal Miles Imagimation Studios, who also animated the 1986 Walt Disney Home Video logo.
Audio: A majestic, gradually rising synthesized fanfare played on a Yamaha DX7. When the logo starts and Mickey is seen, there is a synth-bass drone with synth-violins warming up, followed by a whimsical 16-note synth-organ tune (accompanied by synth-chimes) as the spark swirls above Mickey's hand and writes the "Walt Disney" text. Then there is a seven-note synth-trumpet fanfare with a "sizzling" noise as the comet flies around the diamond, with the final note held out. A cymbal crash can be faintly heard under the "sizzling" sound effect as the text turns gold and the comet flies offscreen, with twinkling sounds heard underneath the last note of the fanfare.
Audio Variants:
Availability: Seen on 1988-1994 Disney video releases of their feature films with the text "A Walt Disney CLASSIC" or "Walt Disney's CLASSIC" on top and the diamond print logo on the clamshell spine.
Legacy: A nostalgic logo to those that grew up with it, and iconic among VHS collectors.
Visuals: On a shady blue background, the words "WALT DiSNEY" are seen in yellow with a shadow effect. Below it is "CLASSICS" in a metallic orange serif font, also with a shadow effect. A light wipes over the logo from left to right.
Technique: 2D animation.
Audio: Opening of the promo following it.
Availability: Seen on some WDC promos from the time-period in the UK until 1996, which can be found on UK VHS releases, such as Bambi, among others.
Visuals: Same as the 1991 Walt Disney Home Video logo, except this time the logo is on a blue background with swirly pixie dust. Instead of "HOME VIDEO", a golden banner with "CLASSICS" is seen. A thin orange light moves over various parts of the logo.
Technique: 2D animation.
Audio: See above.
Availability: Seen twice on a 2000 WDC UK promo, which can be found on the 2000 UK VHS release of Tarzan.
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